Ten Things J.D. Power Has Learned in Business

Power really believes that you need to anticipate changes, be flexible, and move with the trends. We are in the information age today. The rise of the Internet and its impact on retailing is the most recent example of the ways companies must adapt in order to survive, but there has never been a time when change was not actively underway.

After fifty years working with a range of companies — as well as founding and running his own company, J.D. Power and Associates — Dave Power has observed a good deal, and come away with a few thoughts about how to have the best shot at success in business.

The businesses he has seen grow, adapt, and thrive are the ones that keep a focus on satisfying customers by listening to them, anticipating their needs and desires, and maintaining their organizations’ prioritizing of these principles.

Whether he's speaking with business school students or seasoned executives, he finds that his advice incorporates 10 basic lessons he has learned throughout his career.

Dave Power is the founder of J.D. Power and Associates. The new book about his fifty years in the auto industry, "Power: How J.D. Power III Became the Auto Industry’s Adviser, Confessor, and Eyewitness to History," is currently available. For more information, visit http://www.davepowerbook.com.